Kathleen Hughes Author Archive

Email: khughes@ala.org Website: http://ala.org/

HOW TO Flip Your Library’s Collections – Visiting Project Chaos

This was a daunting project with multiple moving parts. Staff flipped our entire adult collections and ended up moving 71,701 items.

HOW TO How to Think About, Talk About, and Be About Allyship

HOW TO Initiate and Pilot a Social Work Practicum at Your Library

HOW TO — National Voter Registration Day Initiatives

FYI Podcast: A Trauma-Informed Framework for Supporting Library Patrons

FYI Podcast: Public Library Anti-Hate Statements

Feature article nov/dec 2021 public libraries magazine

We Can Do Better — Best (And Worst) Practices for Managers Responding to Sexual Harassment Claims

FYI Podcast: PLA Benchmark & Library Staff Diversity Survey

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Surveying Library Services to the Justice-Involved

Social Work in Public Libraries

Guidance for Social Work Positions at the Library

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From Alone to Together Again: Using Data to Deliver Value

Local PBS Stations Help Libraries Plan for the Year Ahead

Act to Ensure Libraries Part of Infrastructure Act

FYI Podcast: Hosting Digital Author Events

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Short Story Dispensers Make Strides, Despite Pandemic

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Learning From Our Statistics

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Online Training: Libraries as Community Hubs for Citizen Science

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Gaining Patron Cooperation on Mask Wearing

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The Future of Remote Work is Flexibility

Calling All Gamers: How a Day of Online Gaming Can Help Advance Health Research

FYI Podcast: Misinformation, Disinformation, and More

Build America’s Libraries Act: Advocate for Critical Infrastructure

FYI Podcast: A Discussion of Imposter Syndrome

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Short Story Dispenser Connects Libraries to Communities

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Not open? No problem. Rural Libraries Push WiFi Into Community Spaces

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